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Successful and hardworking Industrial Designer with over 7 years experience in product design, soft goods and hard goods, brand identity, graphic design, marketing and product development working with global brands. Knowledgeable and positive team player who strives at creating the best designs for clients focusi… Read More

Successful and hardworking Industrial Designer with over 7 years experience in product design, soft goods and hard goods, brand identity, graphic design, marketing and product development working with global brands. Knowledgeable and positive team player who strives at creating the best designs for clients focusing on the details, staying on trend and understanding brand and identity. Passionate, analytical, and results-driven style about designing new and innovative solutions for today’s design problems.

I have a great passion for sports, footwear, hats, watches, travel bags, backpacks, outdoor gear and consumer products.

I am currently the Hard Goods Designer at Eastern Mountain Sports. Previously I was a Designer at E. Gluck designing watches for Quiksilver/ Roxy, Armitrons Mens and Womens.

I have also worked as a soft-goods designer at Fabrique LTD in Branford, CT designing backpacks, laptop cases, ipad cases, and other luggage accessories. I have experience with all sorts of technical cases and bags from initial concepts to fully finished products that are put through production and onto the market place in consumer and commercial sale and use. Those experiences include seeing a project from the hand sketches into concept ideation with computer renderings and presentation, trend and market research for inspiration then moving into final concept and putting that into technical specification to send out to factories (communicating with Asia team) and then review of products and round of revisions to final production of product.

I have also worked as a designer at Innovative Display and Design a 3D exhibit design company specializing in designing and building displays for tradeshows, marketing environments and events. I also have experience working as a freelance designer for Turf Dawg USA, where I also completed two internships while in school. I am always up for a new and creative challenge where I can further my knowledge and my skills to a higher level to exceed expectations. I am an Industrial Design graduate from Wentworth Institute of Technology in Boston, Massachusetts with a Bachelor of Science in Industrial Design (2010).

I am also a freelance designer and graphic artist ranging from projects to logo creation and ideation to graphics for t- shirts and apparel, website graphics, invitations, posters, business cards and all sorts of print media design.

I've worked as a Freelance designer for Turf Dawg USA, where I also completed two internships while in school. Turf Dawg is a sports equipment company specializing in sports accessories where I was a product and graphic design and have also done some freelance work as well. I am always up for a new and creative challenge where I can further my knowledge and my skills to a higher level to exceed expectations.

I have also worked for Nike at Niketown Boston as an athlete which is essentially a store associate. I have a great knowledge of nike products and was able to help customers with any questions about product knowledge.

• Create inspiration and trend boards for each season along with color palette and product direction
aligning with brand guidelines
• Manage the design and development for multiple projects for men’s and women’s categories,
• Overseas travel to Hong Kong to work with vendors and factories on product development of watches.

• Design and develop watches for Quiksilver and Roxy Brands
• Design and develop POP and in store display and packaging for the brands.
• Create trend boards for seasonal inspiration and color direction aligning with Brand guidelines
• Responsible for all design and creative content for Quiksilver and Roxy watches

• Design and illustrate computer cases, backpacks, laptop bags, messenger bags, sleeves, iPad cases, folios, luggaage bags and mobile case accessories.
• Develop specifications of cases and review sample inspections for production samples to finished product.
• Product Market Research and Develop presentations of products and/or concepts for clients.
• Internal and overseas correspondence with designers, manufactures, engineers and sales team.
• Work and correspond closely with engineers & design team overseas in China to work together on designs for samples for production products, oversee projects from concept to finished product.
• Work with Fortune 500 Companies to design OEM products for licensed brands, consult with companies on projects and design products under the companies brand as well.
• Design OEM computer accessories for HP, Belkin, Ingram, Monster, WIB and Francine Collection.
• Create Tech Specs, Tech Packs for factories to make samples and production products
• Create Trend/ Inspiration boards for colors, materials and patterns for clients.
• Overseas travel to work with China team and factories on product development.
• Photograph products for sample review and revision and also Production Products for catalog/ company branding.

• Design and engineer 3-Dimensional Exhibits and Displays for Tradeshows, Marketing Environments and Events worldwide.
• Designing and conceptualize exhibits for clients specifications from ideas and develop them into finished high quality exhibits and displays.
• Create artwork for graphics and banners for displays, logos and customized signs and graphics.

• Utilize customer service skills, basic sales techniques, and product knowledge to connect customers with the right product and drive sales.
• Maintain knowledge of store departments and be able to operate cash register for transactions, perform shipping and receiving duties, stock the floor, and build visual displays when necessary.
• Serve as a product knowledge resource for consumers. Seek educational opportunities to develop advanced level or specialized knowledge about selling, Nike products and culture, sales and service techniques. Read Less